Non Lethal Rounds?

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Imagine. A perpetrator gets stopped in a non-lethal situation, corroborated by witnesses as not justifying the use of lethal force. And yet, the perpetrator is one of those who ends up dead or disabled due to the use of such a "non-lethal" cartridge. Which brings up a tough question: if the situation did not justify deadly force, why on earth was deadly force used (as evidenced by the poor dead citizen in the morgue)?

When you consider all the documented gun fights where bad guys took multiple large caliber rounds...and kept on shooting, stabbing, etc....would you risk your life on 2 rubber bullets before you get to the real thing?

As was mentioned before, i believe that if you draw your weapon, in fear of death or serious bodily harm, why would you want to piss your assailant off with an LTL round? I think that if i were ever in that situation, which I hope I will never be in, I will have fired and at least seriously incapacitated if not killed the attacker.

If someone is not prepared to deal with the consequences of taking a life they shouldn't be carrying a gun.

Less Than Lethal in a defensive, non-law enforcement firearm tells me that the person using those rounds is not someone that should be using a gun for self defense. There can, and often is a time for "less than lethal" but the middle of a deadly confrontation is not it.

If someone is not prepared to deal with the consequences of taking a life they shouldn't be carrying a gun.

Less Than Lethal in a defensive, non-law enforcement firearm tells me that the person using those rounds is not someone that should be using a gun for self defense. There can, and often is a time for "less than lethal" but the middle of a deadly confrontation is not it.